The news Sunday carried a surprise item about the Veep hitting a friend with shotgun
pellets in a hunting accident. (The victim is reported to be in good condition.)
It appears undeniable that the Vice President forgot, ignored or never learned the first
rule of firearms safety: be certain of what you're shooting at, and never aim a gun
at anything you don't intend to shoot.

Unsurprisingly, this has caused all kinds of action in the blogosphere and elsewhere. I
think this sums it up rather well:

While the event is newsworthy, I find it most interesting as a metaphor. This
administration is headed by oil men, and Cheney in particular is said by many to have
no vision for the USA other than using ever-increasing amounts of oil. As US
production will never again reach its 1970 peak, this means more foreign oil.
Further, it means ever-more-expensive oil.

This means ever greater profits for the oil companies (and oil dictatorships which
still have oil to pump). This is Cheney's bird on the wing: money, money,
money. But when he shot at the money, he hit the American public.